World War I Today

Battle Cruiser Fleet

The British Grand Fleet, Commanded by Admiral John Jellicoe, consisted, at the Battle of Jutland on May 31, 1916, of thirty-seven battleships and battle cruisers, eight armored cruisers, twenty six light cruisers, and eighty destroyers. It consisted of two fleets, the Battle Fleet, commanded by Jellicoe, and the Battle Cruiser Fleet, under Admiral David Beatty.